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	Agudat Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Agudat Israel (Agudat Yisrael or Agudath Israel) began as the original political party representing Haredi Judaism in Israel.
		It was the umbrella party for almost all Haredi Jews in Israel, and before that in the British Mandate of Palestine.
		Agudat Israel supported Sharon's decision in the recent unilateral disengagement plan of 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Agudat_Israel (282 words)

	Israel's Odd Couple: The 1984 Elections and the National Unity Government
		The disaster that befell Agudat Israel removed much of the pressure on the NRP from the right, which had forced it to adopt more extreme stances on questions of religion and state than its accommodationist orientation required.
		The old NRP was uncomfortable whenever Agudat Israel insisted on matters like easier exemption of women from army service, amending the Law of Return with regard to the definition of who was a Jew, or insisting on more stringent state enforcement of public Sabbath observance.
		Indeed, Agudat Israel was often as interested in embarrassing the NRP with its proposed legislation as it was in gaining passage of the legislation itself.
	www.jcpa.org /dje/articles3/isrpolls84-intro.htm (5607 words)

	Agudat Israel - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Agudat Israel is an Israeli political party representing Haredi Judaism.
		Policy decisions of Aguddat Israel must be ratified by their Council of Torah Scholars, which consists of leading rabbis from the main constituent groups.
		Currently representing Agudat Israel in the Israeli Knesset are Rabbis Meir Porush, Yaakov Litzman, and Yisroel Eichler.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /agudat_israel.htm (274 words)

	"The Ultra-Orthodox in Israeli Politics" by Menachem Friedman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1912, the world Agudat Israel organization was founded in the city of Katowice, in Eastern Prussia, uniting various Jewish groups that differed radically from one another in their respective perceptions of religious lifestyle and attitudes to modern culture.
		The resignation of Sephardim from Agudat Israel was not considered unjustified; it was accepted with understanding by Ashkenazi Haredi circles and sanctioned by the religious leadership.
		Lubavitcher Hassidim were never part of Agudat Israel and their leaders never belonged to the Council of Torah Greats; the Habad school system, from the outset, was part of the state-religious educational system (with internal autonomy) and not the independent system of Agudat Israel.
	www.jcpa.org /jl/vp104.htm (4056 words)

	World Agudath Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		World Agudath Israel (The World Israelite Union) was established in the early twentieth century as the political arm of Orthodox Judaism.
		While hostile to Zionism, Agudath Israel accepted the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 and has established itself as an Israeli political party winning seats in the Knesset either as the Agudat Israel or in coalition with other Orthodox groups running under the name United Torah Judaism.
		Prior to World War II and the Holocaust, Agudath Israel operated a number of Jewish educational institutions throughout Europe and continues to do so in both the United States as Agudath Israel of America and in Israel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Agudath_Israel (273 words)

	The "Aguddat Israel" Movement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the early 20th century, Aguddat Israel ("the Israelite union") was established as the political arm of traditional Orthodoxy, representing a wide range of anti-modern branches who were not ready to accept the cultural openness of Hirsch's Neo-Orthodoxy.
		Active in the Aguddah were several Hasidic groups, alongside advocates of Lithuanian-style yeshivahs, and even a Labour wing that called for the establishment of strictly religious agricultural settlements in Palestine, outside the framework of the Zionist movement.
		Owing to the nature of Israel's proportional representation system, the relatively small numbers of Aguddat Israel representatives has often been crucial to the survival of government coalitions, and hence they have very effective in channeling resources towards their yeshivahs and other institutions.
	www.acs.ucalgary.ca /~elsegal/363_Transp/Orthodoxy/Aguddah.html (483 words)

	Agudat Israel -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Agudat Israel is an (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine) Israeli (An organization to gain political power) political party representing (Click link for more info and facts about Haredi Judaism) Haredi Judaism.
		Policy decisions of Aguddat Israel must be ratified by their Council of Torah Scholars, which consists of leading (Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law) rabbis from the main constituent groups.
		Currently representing Agudat Israel in the Israeli (The Israeli unicameral parliament) Knesset are Rabbis Meir Porush, Yaakov Litzman, and Yisroel Eichler.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/Ag/Agudat_Israel.htm (302 words)

	Judaism
		Agudat Israel was founded in 1913 in Katowice, Germany, for the purpose of countering the drift of Jewry away from ghetto life, away from the Yeshivot, and away from Orthodox observances.
		Agudat Israel membership, which has been built up in recent years mostly by Jews from Asia and North Africa, has engaged in political activity out of the stark necessity of participating or perishing.
		Poalei Agudat Israel is made up of working class people who hold religious views like those of the Agudah, but they have a more practical view of what man can do to help in implementing the divine program of settlement of the Holy Land.
	www.ldsjews.org /judaism5.html (2268 words)

	Israel (09/04)
		Israel and the PLO subsequently signed the Gaza-Jericho Agreement on May 4, 1994, and the Agreement on Preparatory Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities on August 29, 1994, which began the process of transferring authority from Israel to the Palestinians.
		Israel’s tech market is very developed, and in spite of the pause in the industry’s growth, the high-tech sector is likely to be the major driver of the Israeli economy.
		Israel has diplomatic relations with nine non-Arab Muslim states and with 32 of the 43 Sub-Saharan states that are not members of the Arab League.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3581.htm (5608 words)

	Israel - The "Who Is a Jew?" Controversy
		In June 1947, the executive committee of Agudat Israel received a letter from Ben-Gurion, then chairman of the executive committee of the Jewish Agency, who was the predominant political leader of the Yishuv.
		Ben-Gurion, wishing to have the support of all sectors of the Yishuv in the dire struggle he knew was soon to come, asked Agudat Israel to join the coalition that would constitute the first government of the State of Israel.
		Both Agudat Israel and the Zionist Orthodox party, Mizrahi (later the National Religious Party), accepted the agreements and joined the first elected government of Israel in 1949.
	countrystudies.us /israel/46.htm (1717 words)

	Jewish-Christian Relations :: Wartime Orthodox Jewish Thought About the Holocaust: Christian Implications
		Israel’s identity was rooted in the morality revealed to it at Sinai, and it was heteronomous in character.
		Agudat Israel thinkers, however, did not believe that the enmity could be contained, let alone resolved, by Israel’s isolating itself in the Land.
		The prevailing view of Israel’s suffering propounded by wartime Orthodox thinkers was the basic scriptural principle that Israel itself was responsible for the chaos and was punished because of its sins.
	www.jcrelations.net /en?id=755 (5435 words)

	The Constitution of the State of Israel (1993)
		Although Israel does not have a single complete constitutional document, in its forty-five years of statehood the Jewish state has developed an operative constitution of its own, embodied in a set of written texts that reflect the political system on which the state is based, its social content, and an expanding constitutional tradition.
		Israel has been unable to adopt a constitution full blown, not because it does not share the new society understanding of constitution as fundamental law, but because of a conflict over what constitutes fundamental law within Israeli society.
		Israel is, in fact, formally committed to the adoption of a written constitution.
	www.jcpa.org /dje/articles/const-intro-93.htm (6537 words)

	Religion and State in Israel from WUJS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The underlying aim of the status quo was to diffuse tensions between Jewish sectors in anticipation of the establishment of Israel.
		On 19 June 1947, a letter was sent to the World Agudat Israel Federation on behalf of the Jewish Agency Executive, underlying the nature of the compromises that had resulted from previous negotiations.
		Agudat Israel did not represent the diversity within religious thought and likewise Ben-Gurion did not represent the rest of the population with his statist ideology.
	wujs.org.il /activist/programmes/programmes/shabbat/rappendix3.shtml (383 words)

	Israel Agudat Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		During the prestate period, Agudat Israel, founded in 1912, opposed both the ideology of Zionism and its political expression, the World Zionist Organization.
		From 1955 to 1961 Agudat Israel formed a part of the Torah Religious Front.
		The Council of Torah Sages, a panel of rabbis to which both religious and secular decisions had to be referred, contained representatives of each faction in Agudat Israel.
	www.country-studies.com /israel/agudat-israel.html (257 words)

	The Law of Return and the Law on Citizenship
		From 1972 onwards, the Agudat Israel Party and Orthodox rabbis in Israel and the Diaspora have insisted that the term "in accordance with Halacha" be added after the word "conversion" in the Law of Return
		Agudat Israel organized a vote of no confidence in the government as a result of its refusal to add the term "in accordance with Halacha" after the word "conversion." Since then, this has been a constant topic in Jewish public dialogue, generating great tensions.
		There is considerable public and political opposition in Israel and the Diaspora to the demand that only Orthodox conversions be recognized.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/50/act/shvut/10.html (573 words)

	Agudath Israel of America : Agudat Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Agudath Israel of America or Agudas Yisroel of America or Agudas Yisrael or simply Agudah (agudah is Hebrew for "gathering" or "union"), is a Jewish, Orthodox, communal[?] organization.
		It has ideological connections with Agudath Israel of Israel, Agudat Yisrael[?], an Israeli religious and political movement, and also with Degel HaTorah[?] (Hebrew, "Flag of Torah"), another Israeli Orthodox Jewish political party.
		In Israel, Degel and Agudah of Israel are in a political coalition called United Torah Judaism[?], UTJ.
	www.eurofreehost.com /ag/Agudat_Israel.html (362 words)

	Commentary Magazine - Perpetual Dilemma: Jewish Religion in the Jewish State, by S. Zalman Abramov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sachar, Howard M. The phrase has become part of the Western vernacular: "Israel is the bastion of democracy in the Middle East." Not untrue in its description of Israel's leading national institutions, to be sure, its electoral processes, its Knesset, its secular judiciary.
		...Immigrants to Israel may find it a source of inconvenience at worst that interurban transportation comes to a halt on the Sabbath, that kosher food alone is available in common carriers and officiallylicensed hotels...
		...In Israel, therefore, the Rabbinate's halakhic dicta have been preoccupied essentially with the legal minutiae of personal and public observance, and have not been related primarily to the overriding crises of national survival in a modern world and amid a sea of Arab enemies...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V64I4P86-1.htm (1536 words)

	Who is who, by Joseph Algazy
		Supporting Eretz Israel (that is, Jewish settlement and the annexation of the occupied territories), it acted as a cradle for Gush Emunim.
		Degel Hatora came into being in the 1980s as the result of a split within Agudat Israel to do with dynastic rabbinical rivalries.
		Shas’ leaders, like those of Agudat Israel, know how to play on the rivalry between the two main parties to draw maximum profit.
	mondediplo.com /1998/02/17israelwho (671 words)

	Knesset (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Knesset (כנסת, Hebrew languageHebrew for "assembly") is the Parliament of Israel.
		This law was the basis for court disqualification of the extremist right wing Kach party in 1988, whose manifesto advocated forceful transfer of the Arab population out of Israel, abolition of democracy and establishment of a religious theocracy.
		Alternate views argue that some of the elected Arab Knesset members oppose the very existence of the Knesset, Zionism and the current state of Israel, thus abusing democratic freedom and the intended nature of political participation in it.
	www.infothis.com /find/Knesset (1013 words)

	The Signatories of the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
		She was one of the founders of the Federation of Hebrew Women, head of the Va'ad Leumi's Social Welfare Department, chairman of the Israel Federation of WIZO and vice chairman of the World WIZO Executive.
		His plan for a joint land authority of the JNF and the State of Israel served as the basis for land legislation passed by the Knesset in 1960.
		He was active in rescue operations from Europe during the war and led Agudat Israel in Palestine from 1947.
	www.us-israel.org /jsource/History/signers.html (1761 words)

	Neturei Karta
		Nevertheless, Agudat Israel reevaluated its position upon the establishment of Israel and has been a participant in most governments since that time (though it still will not accept a ministerial portfolio as a result).
		This switch of allegiance by Agudat Israel caused a radical shift in the ideology of Neturei Karta, which felt betrayed by their Orthodox Allies.
		Their attacks against Israel and Zionism became all the more extreme, especially under the leadership of Rabbi Amram Blau and his wife, a convert and former member of the French Resistance, who had rescued Blau during the Holocaust.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Judaism/nk.html (930 words)

	Agudat Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		My guess is that many of those with a newfound interest in Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole's music were exposed to his "Over the Rainbow/Wonderful World" on the Mark Green death episode of ER.
		Israel has touched heaven with this cd.As soon as i hear track #10, here i am to worship, God takes over.
		Israel and New Breed is the new melting pot of praise and worship.
	www.freeglossary.com /Agudat_Israel (429 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Four religious parties _ potential king-makers after Israel's inconclusive elections _ are demanding a high price for their support: no soccer or movies on the Sabbath and control over conversions to Judaism.
		Avraham Shapira of the Agudat Israel party, which won five seats, said that on the Sabbath, theaters should be shut and soccer games rescheduled.
		Chaim Bergman, news editor of Agudat Israel's daily newspaper Hamoudia, said ultra-Orthodox Jews were divided on the lengths to which Israel could go in trading territory for peace with the Arabs as proposed by Labor.
	ils.unc.edu /~viles/172i/users/big/docs/AP881102-0222 (670 words)

	Commentary Magazine - Israel's Zealots in Gaberdine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		NOT long ago the head of the Biological Institute on Mount Carmel in Israel received letters warning him to remove its collection of "unclean" animals that were being kept for experimental...
		...Both the Kingdom of Jordan and the Republic of Israel have rejected the UN decision to turn Jerusalem into an international area under the administration of the UN, yet the Neturei Karta contends that the Decree of Internationalization remains valid...
		...Once the Orthodox wing in Israel feels ready for i break with the socialists and a "cultural" showdown, the Neturei Karta may be assigned a much greater role...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V11I1P67-1.htm (4631 words)

	Mail-Jewish Volume 8 Number 38
		By the late 30's, European refugees brought Agudat Israel to the U.S. It originated in Europe in 1919, claiming that "Any Zionist cannot be a good Jew, and cannot join Agudat Israel." The idea was that by gathering Jews together in conventions and retreats, their faith could be strengthened in the face of modernity.
		The rabbis of Agudat Israel forbade people from participating in these rallies, for fear that such noise would only serve to enrage Hitler, and encourage him to kill more Jews.
		He writes of six "knocks" which we must listen to and learn from, in relation to the State of Israel, essentially six miracles: 1) Political: The issue of recognizing the State of Israel was the only time the United States and the Soviet Union ever agreed on anything in the United Nations.
	www.ottmall.com /mj_ht_arch/v8/mj_v8i38.html (3095 words)

	Agudat Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The issue of co-participation in the government is still unresolved: Hamas is like Agudat Israel, which loathes ministerial portfolios, but hungrily eyes...
		The most well-known of these is the Shas party's El Hama'ayan, but there are many others, such as Agudat Israel's Torah Veyahadut La'am and Ma'aleh, which is...
		He said that Israel's legal system is being led along a path of...
	www.wikiverse.org /agudat-israel (148 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: 1949 : The First Israelis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Segev cites, for instance, the argument of finance minister David Horowitz that the West Bank should be annexed not to Israel but to Jordan, because the West Bank would be a financial burden on any power that occupied it and Jordan might therefore become dependent on Israel for assistance--and thus easy to manipulate politically.
		Segev also explores the ideological disagreements among Israel's founders, some of which are being revisited today in the clash between religious and secular politicians.
		If you hate Israel, or you want another point of view, or your one of these people that feels the Jews are always at fault and the nice, peaceful, palistinians deserve ALL the land back, then read Mr.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0805058966?v=glance (1641 words)

	Israel Shas - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, ...
		As minister of interior, Rabbi Peretz became a source of controversy as a result of his promoting religious fundamentalism in general and the narrow partisan interests of Shas in particular.
		It was far more anti-Arab than Agudat Israel and sought increased representation for its adherents in all government bodies, in Zionist institutions, and in the Jewish Agency.
		Despite its ethnic homogeneity, Shas was not immune from bitter infighting over the spoils of office, as shown by the rivalry between factions led by Rabbi Peretz and Rabbi Arieh Dari, leader of the party's apparatus, who remained director general of the Ministry of Interior until the National Unity Government's term ended in 1988.
	photius.com /countries/israel/government/israel_government_shas.html (345 words)

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